Words Cut Like Knives

Chapter 4

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            Three days later…

            I still hadn’t got over the fact that Liam kissed me. I repeat- LIAM as in, you know, PAYNE kissed me. We had begun to casually hold hands, something that always invoked a cheeky remark from at least one of the boys. At one point, Liam had kissed me on the cheek before Ali and I left for the night and all the boys and Ali started screaming things like “AWWWW!!!”, “ISN’T THAT ADORABLE!”, and “JUST MAKE BABIES ALREADY!!”. The last one was from Louis who grinned triumphantly when he saw our blushed faces.

            Ali and I were over at Liam and Niall’s flat again, and as they had run out of restaurants to order take out from (Liam said if he had Nandos one more time, he might throw up- no matter how good it is) , we had decided to cook for them. We were standing in front of the TV, the boys lounging lazily on the couch. For some reason, Ali was wearing a ridiculous chef hat that she had bought when she first moved out on her own. I guess she thought people actually wore those. “So what do you want us to make?” I asked them, looking nervously at Ali. We went exactly the best cooks in the world.

            “PIZZA!!!!!” Niall yelled. “Sorry. Inside voice, I forgot.” He spoke more quietly, seeing Liam’s “Daddy-glare”.  I glanced nervously at Ali. Pizza? How about eggs, or… how about eggs? Like I said- I’m not much of a cook. She shrugged, adjusting her hat. I was terrified she would have another hat for me.

            “Okay,” she said before making her way into the kitchen to make sure we had the ingredients.

            “Pizza it is, then,” I said before following her into the kitchen, letting the door shut behind me. “So how exactly do you plan on pulling this off?”

            “Well, there’s this thing, it’s called the internet. It’s really cool you should try it sometime.” She rolled her eyes good-naturedly. “But! We can’t start until you put this-” Oh no. Tell me this isn’t happening. “On your head!” My best friend let out a giggle that would have sounded natural coming from a nine year old before pulling another equally stupid chef hat. No, actually, this one was worse. This one was light blue, instead of white, and had cartoon cats all over it.

            “Where do you even find these things?!” I wondered aloud. She just pouted at me until I slipped the ridiculous thing on my head. The things I do for her.

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            Half an hour, a lot of wasted flour, one mishap with tossing the dough (just for the record I told her not to do it, but did she listen? No.), and some thrown ingredients later, the pizza was in the oven. “Well that was an adventure…” I remarked as soon as the door to the oven closed.

            “That’s one word for it.” We both looked at each other, fighting of smiles. Suddenly, we both burst into fits of laughter. We were both covered in flour and pizza sauce, clutching at our shaking torsos.

“You look ridiculous,” I said, tears streaming down my face.

“You’re one to talk! I can’t believe,” she was barely getting the words out over her laughter, “that you actually wore that stupid hat!” We had collapsed onto the floor in hysterics, when someone cleared their throat behind us from the doorway. I turned around to see a very amused looking Liam.

“Oh. Hey Liam.” I giggled. He shook his head, smiling.

“Hi, Becca. Ali, did you let her drink in the kitchen again?” He joked, winking at me. I know, that joke surprised me too. “Anyway, Niall actually sent me in here. He wants to know when the pizza will be ready.”

“We just put it in the oven so, no more than half an hour!” He nodded, still looking at us with the same humored expression.

“Just in case you didn’t know, you’re covered in flour,” He chuckled. “You might want to wash off. It’s fine by Niall and me if you want to shower here. Only one person at a time though, or the water will get cold.”

“DIBS! I call first shower!” My silly companion shouted immediately rushing to get in the shower, leaving me sitting on the floor surrounded by various cooking components. Liam raised his eyebrows, clearly entertained.

“Need some help there?” He reached his hand out to me, and pulled me easily. We ended up with his face just inches from mine. I don’t know who started the kiss; it was like we read each other’s minds, moving in at the same time. Fireworks exploded inside of me. Yes, I did just say that- cliché, but accurate. His hands rested on my hips, mine cupping the sides of his face. We broke apart, both smiling widely. He rested his forehead on mine.

“That was nice…” I said happily. He hummed in agreement, closing his eyes. I stared at his face, wanting to remember every detail.  “What are you thinking about?” I asked when we had been standing there for a minute or so.

“Thinking about the only way I could be any happier right now,” He replied simply, opening his eyes and pulling his forehead away from mine. “Becca, do you want to go out sometime?”

“Yeah, I think I’d like that.” My grin grew even wider when he kissed me gently on the nose.

“Now would probably be a good time to clean all this up,” He said looking around at the mess Ali and I had created. I had gotten flour on him when we kissed, making the front of his black shirt white. “I better change my shirt.” After he walked out of the kitchen I heard him talking to Niall, followed by a loud slapping noise which was probably a high-five. I giggled and quickly started cleaning up, still floating on air from the kiss. 

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